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Catholics and Jewish students learn about each other’s faiths
May 23, 2013The Davis Academy seventh-grade class hosted 150 seventh-grade peers and their teachers from Marist School to provide a forum for understanding more about each other’s religious traditions. The Davis Academy is a Reform Jewish day school, for students through eighth grade. In small groups, the students discussed each other’s faiths and customs. Davis students learned […]
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Young artist wins $1,000 for St. Joseph School and she gets free burritos for a month
May 23, 2013Congrats to McKinley Roth. The student at St. Joseph School, Marietta, won a $1,000 donation to her school as her top prize in Willy’s Mexicana Grill T-shirt design contest. Willy Bitter, founder of the restaurant, visited McKinley, 9, of Marietta, in her classroom at the school, with an oversized check in hand. In the contest […]
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Boy Scouts in archdiocese among a few to earn national designation
May 23, 2013Tommy Treat, the leader of Scouting in the Atlanta Archdiocese, reported good news. The Boy Scout program was notified it had received the National Catholic Committee on Scouting Quality Diocese award every year since its inception in 2002. Out of 197 dioceses in the country involved with Scouting, Atlanta is one of only six to […]
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Archdiocesan Schools Affirmed By Certification Team
May 23, 2013SMYRNA—A visiting team of 10 Catholic school educators has unanimously recommended the Archdiocese of Atlanta Catholic schools for district-wide accreditation by AdvancED. It was the culmination of a great deal of self-scrutiny by the Catholic school system. The Office of Catholic Schools, along with each individual school, had already completed an extensive self-study that analyzed […]
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Looking Back… May 1963
May 23, 2013The Georgia Bulletin issue of May 23, 1963, includes a front-page story expressing concern over the health of Pope John XXIII. Vatican officials announced May 21 that he would go on retreat within a few days. No authoritative comment was made publicly about the pope’s health, but all private audiences and regularly scheduled conferences with […]
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Inspiration, Intercessor: Mary Beloved In Latin America
May 23, 2013MEXICO CITY (CNS)—May is the month of Mary, who is celebrated the length of Latin America as someone more than the mother of God—or even a religious figure. Mary is associated with everything from national identity in Mexico to the mother earth in Chile to the national patroness of many of the countries in between. […]
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Gosnell’s Conviction Shows ‘Ugliness Of Abortion’
May 23, 2013PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—Dr. Kermit Gosnell may have been convicted May 13 of murder at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, but “nothing can bring back the innocent children he killed, or make up for the vulnerable women he exploited,” said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. And, he added, “the repugnance of his clinic conditions” must be remembered. In a […] Full Story
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Eight Priests Celebrate Ministries Of 25, 50 Years
May 23, 2013ATLANTA—Two hundred and fifty years of priesthood were celebrated at the Cathedral of Christ the King when eight men were honored Wednesday, May 15, at the annual Mass for priests marking milestones of 25 and 50 years of service to the faithful. Two had golden anniversaries. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory saluted the men for their […]
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A Redesign For The Georgia Bulletin
May 23, 2013It’s time for a change at The Georgia Bulletin. I’m happy to announce that with the July 4 issue, we’ll unveil the latest version of The Georgia Bulletin: a fresh, new print edition and the launch of a matching website. This is a project that has been in the works for some time. The last […]
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Graduations and symbolism
May 23, 2013Move your tassels to the left! With that announcement, hundreds of our Catholic high school seniors have succeeded at moving from being students at our local schools to becoming alumni thereof. The widespread use of a mortarboard and the accompanying tassel perhaps has Catholic clerical roots. Some believe that the mortarboard itself may be an […]